The Spectator

Berkeley, CA: Sebago, Inc, 1982. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 24 pp., including covers. San Francisco-centric sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction. Also includes classifieds and sex worker ads. Contents: Hot Flashes (Compiled from Zodiac News Service), Early Jaybird Special, Candy is Dandy but an Elixir Will Fix'er Quicker by Jay Hickman, Kinky Cukes From Kooky Queens… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: A. Donaldson. Good with no dust jacket. 1766. Hardcover. 8 volume complete set. Full original calf, five spine bands. The Spectator was a daily publication, and the issues in this set run from 1710-1714. PO name each volume and gift inscription. Each volume includes engraved frontis. Corners/edges worn, some spine ends are chipped. Scattered foxing,… Read more about this item

Jacob and R. Tonson, 1767. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Jacob and R. Tonson 1767. For all volumes: Hardcovers with tight bindings. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Inscribed by previous owner on cover page. Please note that Volume five is a previous edition, from 1713. Nevertheless, it has been rebounded in… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA, 1995. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very Good.. 40pp., including covers. A San Francisco sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction tabloid. Plus classifieds and sex worker personals. Features: An Interview With Porn's Sensational Squirter: Sarah-Jane Hamilton; Buttman's A-List B-Girls, by Dave Patrick; Have You Hugged A Vampire Today, review by Cynthia Moore.

Philadelphia: J.J. Woodward, 1832. From the London Stereotype Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo (23cm.); full sheep, decorative gilt rules, gilt spine, marbled endpapers; 456,459,[1](ad)pp.; engraved frontispieces and added title pages. Corners gently bumped, leather recently and rather crudely treated, textblock heavily foxed and unevenly browned, else a Very Good copy in an attractive contemporary binding.

Berkeley, CA: Sebago, Inc, 1982. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 24 pp., including covers. San Francisco-centric sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction. Also includes classifieds and sex worker ads. Contents: Calling All Boys: Mistress Kat Unveils the Claws that Refreshes [sic] (photos by Michael Rosen), Bondage for Feminists: Black (and Blue) is Beautiful by Kacl Owen Jardine,… Read more about this item

London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753. Hardcover. Complete in 8 Vols. 4 x 6.5in. 324pp. [12pp., index]; 336pp. [12pp., index]; 314pp. [8pp., index]; 303pp. [10pp., index]; 301pp. [12pp., index]; 305pp. [19pp., index]; 333pp. [13pp., index]; 300pp. [10pp., index]. 8 engraved frontispieces. Bound in full cloth. Spine with gilt ruling and morocco title labels. The former copy… Read more about this item

William Duncan junior, 1757. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Previous owner signature. Brown leather binding with some edge wear.

1822 full-bound polished calf, gilt titles and decorations, lovely brown matching marbled end papers. Complete with 769 pages. Recently deassessed from the Abbie Greenleaf Library (formerly the Franconia, NH Free Library) in Franconia, NH. Light white stencil number on lower spine, 2 period book plates, 1 front verso FC and the other on the rear BC verso. Book #3469, in… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: Sebago, Inc, 1982. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 24 pp., including covers. San Francisco-centric sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction. Also includes classifieds and sex worker ads. Contents: Hot Flashes (Compiled from Zodiac News Service), Snatch Shots Made Simple (photos by Dave Patrick), Call Them Dirty Daydreams or Wishful Thinking: Here's What Your Fantasies REALLY… Read more about this item

Emeryville: Bold Type, Inc, 1995. Tabloid newspaper, folded to 9 x 12". Light shelfwear. Very good.. 40 pp., including covers. San Francisco-centric sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction. Also includes classifieds and sex worker ads. Contents: Alternative Visions Worth the Risk! by publsiher Kat Sunlove (on a new California law restrcting sexually-oriented newspapers, such as the Spectator). The… Read more about this item

PA: Woodward, 1829. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good Front cover and endpaper is detached. Leather book has some wear along edges. Little brown spots on pages. The front cover has come off along with front endpaper. The binding is worn, especially around the edges and corners.

Sharpe and Hailes, 1811. Hardcover. Acceptable. 751p + index and ads. Marbled-paper boards with brown leather spine and corners. Heavy rubbing and bumping, some staining. Leather is flaking and is worn right off the corners. Spine edges are worn; hinges show wear and the binding is cracked along the hinges. Foxing to endpapers and blank pages, much… Read more about this item

London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, c1753. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A complete set of the popular short-lived periodical by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, complete with a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.'The Spectator" was a daily publication than ran from 1711 to 1712,… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA, 1994. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 20 pp., SF sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction. Plus classifieds and sex worker. Priscilla Alexander on prostitutes and human rights. Traci Topps. Marcy Sheiner reviews The Girl Wants It. Profile: Betsy: The Queen of Regal Show World.

San Francisco, CA, 1996. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very Good.. 40pp., including covers. A San Francisco sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction tabloid. Plus classifieds and sex worker personals. Features: Cover Model Lady Petra, Glam Dom interview; The Kit Kat Club Lap Dancing Trial, by Dave Patrick.

San Francisco, CA, 1996. Tabloid newspaper. Cover creased. Very Good.. 40pp., including covers. A San Francisco sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction tabloid. Plus classifieds and sex worker personals. Features: Hooker's Ball 96, with photo centerspread; photo article on Lion's Head West slave school.

Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1830. 8vo, two volumes in one, individual pagination, pp. 456, 459, [1]; separate vignette title pages and frontispieces; full sheep, morocco spine label, gilt rules on spine, marbled edges and endpapers; board edges rubbed and a little stripped, textblock foxed, pencil marks on a few pages, good and sound.

San Francisco, CA, 2005. Tabloid newspaper. Light shelfwear. Very Good.. 20pp., including covers. A San Francisco sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction tabloid. Plus classifieds and sex worker personals. Features: San Francisco's Colorful Strip Club History, by Dave Patrick; S.F. Tease-O-Rama (burlesque(.

London: J & R Tonson & S Draper Undated but appears late 18th Century. Full calf on boards with raised bands and black leather book title on spine. Boards are partly detached from spine and there is wear to head/foot of spine. Corners rubbed to boards with scuffing and wear to calf. FFE has small portion at top cut out,… Read more about this item